Subgenre Sampler
Youth: 919 Films to Buy & Rent
Van Wilder - Party Liason (2001)
- Dir. Walt Becker
Feat. Tara Reid, Ryan Reynolds, Tim Matheson
- Freewheeling 'college comedy' in which perenial undergrad Reynolds must use his social skills to make a living after his allowance is cut off. Fairly…
Wet Hot American Summer (2001)
- Dir. David Wain
Feat. Janeane Garofalo, David Hyde Pierce, Marguerite Moreau…
- Set in the charmingly unhip summer–camp 'Camp Firewood', this wettingly hilarious satire of 1970s and 80s culture, mores and cliches is…
Y Tu Mama Tambien (And Your Mother Too!) (2001)
- Dir. Alfonso Cuaron
Feat. Maribel Verdu, Gael Garcia Bernal, Diego Luna
- Acclaimed universally (and here in NZ beset with censorship wrangles), this Mexican joyride, taken by two teenage boys and an older woman, is indeed…
Anatomie (2000)
- Dir. Stefan Ruzowitzky
Feat. Franke Potente
- Franke Potente (RUN LOLA RUN) stars as a bright medical student at an elite college who discovers her fellow freshmen and women are turning up as…
Angst (2000)
- Dir. Daniel Nettheim
Feat. Sam Lewis, Jessica Napier, Justin Smith
- Four post–teenagers search for their place in a world revolving around money, sex, booze, pop culture and a shared interest in…
Bad Girls From Valley High (A Fate Totally Worse Than Death) (2000)
- Dir. John T. Kretchmer
Feat. Christopher Lloyd
- A good premise lifts this high–school comedy from out of the herd, with three socially ambitious girls having a curse placed on them which…
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000)
- Dir. Joe Berlinger
Feat. Kim Director, Jeffrey Donovan, Erica Leerhsen
- Another troupe of young ghoul–hunters head for the Black Hills near Burkittsville, Maryland, which, in a post–modern twist, has become a…
Borstal Boy (2000)
- Dir. Peter Sheridan
Feat. Shawn Hatosy, Danny Dyer, Michael York
- Well–mannered adaptation of playwright Brendan Behan's classic memoir of being sent to a youth prison in WW2 England after being caught with…
Centre Stage (2000)
- Dir. Nicholas Hytner
Feat. Amanda Schull, Zoe Saldana, Susan May Pratt…
- Fable of balletic ambition in which three young woman (Amanda Schull, Zoe Saldana, Susan May Pratt) strive to enter the elite classes at New York's…
Cheaters (2000)
- Dir. John Stockwell
Feat. Jeff Daniels, Jena Malone, Paul Sorvino
- Solid cable–movie based on the alarming true story of a state schoolteacher (Jeff Daniels) who encouraged his team of underachievers to cheat…